The Norfolk Nature Alliance is sponsoring a year-long initiative focused on creating habitat for pollinators.
On April 4 at 4:00 p.m., Margery Winters, Roaring Brook environmental scientist and master gardener, will present “Native Woody Plants in a Pollinator Garden” at the Hub. The talk will highlight native shrubs and explain how each supports pollinators and other backyard wildlife.
Later in the month, on April 25, Bridghe McCracken, founder of Helia Landscape Design in Alford, Mass., will share practical strategies for converting lawns—or even parts of them—into meadows of native flowers, grasses and sedges.
On May 29, look for the Norfolk Conservation Commission’s plant swap during Friday Night on the Green, where nature alliance organizations will also host a table. In June, there is Moth Night (many moths are pollinators), co-sponsored by the Conservation Commission and Great Mountain Forest.
More events are being planned for the summer and fall.
The Norfolk Nature Alliance is a loosely organized group representing the town’s conservation-minded organizations, including the Norfolk Land Trust, Conservation Commission, the Church of Christ’s Green Team, Great Mountain Forest, Aton Forest and Doolittle Lake Company, a 2,300-acre and forested owners association.
Those who missed its first presentation, a talk on the importance of healthy forests as pollinator habitat, can view it here.